PC World - USA (2021-06)

JUNE 2022 PCWorld 41

GPU was paired with Iris
Xe integrated graphics,
but it made
performance
significantly worse. So
for those systems, the
results below show
performance when
running only on the
Nvidia GPU.
Comparing Intel’s
Arc A370M to the Iris Xe
shows the advantage of
using even entry-level
discrete graphics for
content creation. The
Arc A370M cuts through the
sample clip nearly four times faster than the
Iris Xe laptop. This could literally save you
hours if looking to upscale video files more
than a few minutes in length.
The Arc A370M proved about 40 percent
quicker than the HP Spectre x360 16 with
Nvidia RTX 3050 graphics. That is a very
significant win. The Arc scores a larger margin
of victory over the RTX 3050 here than in other
tests, which shows Intel’s hardware is using the
experimental multi-GPU support to its fullest.

HOW WE TESTED
These tests were performed on the Intel Arc
A370M reference laptops located at Intel’s
Jones Farm campus. I was given access to not
one but five identical reference systems,

which meant I was able to repeat test runs

multiple times to verify results. The results

here are averages of systems tested.

Intel also provided an Alder Lake reference

system, the equivalent of an MSI Summit E14

Flip, to provide comparison to Intel’s Iris Xe

graphics. The other systems benchmarked,

including the HP Spectre x360 16 (fave.

co/3FRY6v4) and Acer Nitro 5, are review

systems not provided by Intel. The Intel

reference platforms and HP Spectre x360 16

were set to performance power management,

while the Acer Nitro 5 was at its default setting.

Here’s the run-down on settings for each

benchmark.

3DMark Time Spy: Time Spy standard

demo at default settings.

The HP Spectre x360 16 was one of the systems we benchmarked.